net view not creating txt file

[Greg]

The following dos command creates a text file of all active computers
in the domain:

net view > c:\test.txt

However the following code does not create the text file. Any idea why
this is? The command executes, but it doesn't create the file.

ProcessStartInfo qOptions = new ProcessStartInfo("net",
"view > c:\\test.txt");

qOptions.UseShellExecute = true;
qOptions.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;
DOS = Process.Start(qOptions);
DOS.WaitForExit();

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

The following dos command creates a text file of all active computers
in the domain:

net view > c:\test.txt

However the following code does not create the text file. Any idea why
this is? The command executes, but it doesn't create the file.

ProcessStartInfo qOptions = new ProcessStartInfo("net",
"view > c:\\test.txt");

qOptions.UseShellExecute = true;
qOptions.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;
DOS = Process.Start(qOptions);
DOS.WaitForExit();

">" is a command shell feature. You could start cmd or command
(depending on OS) with appropriate parameters, but it's probably better
to just start a new thread to write the file yourself from the output.

 

[Greg]

">" is a command shell feature. You could start cmd or command
(depending on OS) with appropriate parameters, but it's probably better
to just start a new thread to write the file yourself from the output.

What would the parameters be for 'cmd' to accomplish this?
Alternatively, what would the syntax be for the new thread?

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

What would the parameters be for 'cmd' to accomplish this?

Something like

cmd /c net view > c:/test.txt

Alternatively, what would the syntax be for the new thread?

Well, you'd set RedirectStandardOutput to true on the ProcessStartInfo,
then in a new thread, just loop round reading from the
Process.StandardOutput and writing to the file.

 

[Greg]

">" is a command shell feature. You could start cmd or command
(depending on OS) with appropriate parameters, but it's probably better
to just start a new thread to write the file yourself from the output.

I actually got it using:

cmd /c net view > c:\test.txt